In Loving Memory
Saturday, 26 June 2021
8/1092 Lieutenant Andrew Colquhoun Boyes, 24/2/1891-16/5/1916.
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DEATHS. FOR KING AND COUNTRY BOYES: Killed in action, May 16th, 1916, Lieutenant Andrew C. Boyes, only son of John Boyes, No. 5 Ran...
Friday, 25 June 2021
Thomas Homan 1832-2/11/1870.
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FIRE. Shortly before noon to-day a fire broke out in Jago’s flax and wool store, an iron building of large dimensions, situated close to t...
10032 Private John Reginald Douglass, 13/5/1897-17/11/1920.
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John Douglass was a carpenter at Hillside Railway Workshops when he joined the Otago Infantry Regiment in April, 1916. He was with the Otag...
Thursday, 24 June 2021
8/813 Private Horace Algernon Braithwaite, 13/12/1886-15/1/1916.
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Horace Braithwaite was not an ideal soldier - there are a few marks against him on his Army conduct sheet. There was also one against him b...
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
The Great Clyde Gold robbery of 1870.
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In 1870, a large amount of gold and banknotes was secured at the police camp at Clyde, safe behind a locked door. But, not safe enough. EXT...
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